Presidential Libraries Popluar Events - C-SPAN Video LibraryThe most popular events for the Presidential Libraries Serieshttp://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=series&id=16
en-USCopyright 2015, National Cable Satellite Corporationinfo@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTSun, 02 Aug 2015 22:50:01 GMTPresidential LibrariesJohn Kennedy Presidential LibraryThe fifth in a series on presidential libraries focused on the life and career of John F. Kennedy through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film, sound, documents and artifacts featured during the program included Senator Kennedy in 1956 and 1958 as he emerged on the national scene through the medium of television; Kennedy as a candidate and with his family; secretly recorded Oval Office conversations in which he freely expressed his views on the space flight to the moon and on deteriorating racial relations; the mural from Kennedy's White House swimming pool; his Oval Office television and hi-fi console; and the Dictaphone machine on which he recorded his thoughts on the unfolding military situation in Vietnam. A behind-the-scenes tour included the library's processing room, where documents are prepared for public access and "The President's Room," the Kennedy family's private office retreat.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200505-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200505-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTWilliam Clinton Presidential LibraryThe twelfth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Bill Clinton's life and career using rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas. Library officials displayed the library collection and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film, sound, documents, and artifacts featured during the show included an exclusive interview and walking tour of the Clinton Library with former President Bill Clinton on November 26, 2007; the on-air release of domestic policy documents and a look at artifacts not on public display; and footage shot by the White House Television Office, which recorded many of the activities of the Clinton presidency.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered was a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200512-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200512-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTHarry S. Truman Presidential LibraryThe third in a series on presidential libraries focused on Harry S. Truman's life and career using rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
President Truman's post-presidency working office, generally closed to visitors, was shown as it has been preserved. Highlighted film, sound, documents and artifacts featured during the program included his handwritten White House diaries, filmed outtakes of Truman from a 1960s television series on his presidency, and a "Person to Person" television interview of Harry and Bess Truman by their daughter Margaret. Other material focused on President Truman's relations with Franklin Roosevelt, Stalin, Douglas MacArthur and Congress; the decision to drop the atomic bomb and to pursue war crimes trials after World War II; the 1948 presidential campaign; civil rights; and Truman's views on his post-presidency.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.
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info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200503-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTDwight D. Eisenhower Presidential LibraryThe fourth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Dwight D. Eisenhower's life and career were discussed through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to use television extensively to communicate with the American public. Highlighted film, sound, documents and artifacts featured during the program included Eisenhower's ground-breaking use of television during the 1952 presidential campaign; Eisenhower's establishment of television "firsts," such as the first-ever televised presidential news conference and the first-ever televised cabinet meeting; two of Eisenhower's major televised addresses, including his speech on the 1957 crisis at Little Rock Central High School over desegregation of public schools, and his 1961 Farewell Address to the nation that contains his warning about the "military-industrial complex."
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200504-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200504-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTRonald Reagan Presidential LibraryThe tenth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Ronald W. Reagan's life and career using rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Library officials conducted a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Air Force One, on which President Reagan pursued a diplomatic end to the Cold War, was shown. After serving seven presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush, the plane, located at the Reagan Library, was opened to visitors in the fall of 2005. Highlighted film included White House TV footage behind-the-scenes in the White House, at Camp David and at the 1985 Geneva Summit; U.S. Army training films from the World War II era starring Ronald Reagan. Featured documents and artifacts included all five volumes of Ronald Reagan's White House diaries.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered was a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200510-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200510-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential LibraryThe second in a series on presidential libraries focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt's life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film, sound, documents and artifacts featured during the program included "Fireside Chats" radio addresses designed to inform the public of his plans as well bolster the spirit of the nation; and some of the secretly recorded press conferences and Oval Office conversations from the summer and fall of 1940. Roosevelt was the first president to install a secret recording device in the Oval Office.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200502-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200502-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTLyndon B. Johnson Presidential LibraryThe sixth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Lyndon B. Johnson's life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Featured film, sound recordings, documents and artifacts included a new batch of Lyndon Johnson's secretly recorded phone conversations on subjects such as the nomination of Thurgood Marshall as the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court, and a summit meeting in Glassboro, New Jersey with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin. Home movies shot and narrated by Lady Bird Johnson of Johnson's failed Senate campaign in 1941, as well as their private lives at the Johnson ranch in Texas. Additionally, Navy film crew footage of behind-the-scenes activities of Lyndon Johnson's administration and Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson's final day and departure from the White House was shown.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200506-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200506-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTHerbert Hoover Presidential LibraryThe first in a series on presidential libraries focused on Herbert Hoover's life and career using rarely-seen materials housed at the library. Guests talked about the significance of Hoover's presidency and the collection of film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts in the stacks and vaults of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. Library officials conducted a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film, sound, documents, and artifacts featured during the show included a 1927 television transmission featuring Herbert Hoover prior to his presidency, campaign footage from 1928 and 1932, and video from the presidential retreat at Camp Rapidan where he attempted to battle the Great Depression. Additionally material depicting Hoover as a former president including his relationship with Harry Truman, a 1960 television interview from his fishing camp in Florida, and the library dedication in 1962 were shown.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered was a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200501-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200501-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTJimmy Carter Presidential LibraryThe ninth in a series on presidential libraries focused on the life and career of James Earl Carter, Jr. through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia. Library officials conducted a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film, sound, documents, and artifacts featured during the show focused on President Carter's rise from "outsider candidate" to victory in the 1976 presidential election and the major foreign and domestic policy initiatives of his presidency, energy policy, the Middle East peace process, the Iran hostage crisis, and the Panama Canal. Included were a film created by the Carter campaign to play on his outsider status in the 1976 election; President Carter's first televised address to the nation as president in which he attempted to revive the Roosevelt legacy of the fireside chat talking about energy policy, as well a unique speech on solar energy from the roof of the White House; and rare behind-the-scenes film shot by Navy film crews from the Camp David summit meeting with the leaders of Egypt and Israel, from inside the Oval Office on Carter's last day as president as he works to get the hostages freed from Iran, and of President Carter in Panama touring the canal.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered was a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200509-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200509-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTRichard Nixon Presidential LibraryThe seventh in a series on presidential libraries focused on Richard M. Nixon's life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film, sound, documents and artifacts featured during the program included never before aired Super 8 videotapes of the president shot by presidential aide H.R. Haldeman; video of the preparations for the broadcast of President Nixon's August 8, 1974, resignation speech to the nation; never before broadcast oral histories shot within the past year with Nixon administration officials including Leonard Garment, Egil "Bud" Krogh, and Dwight Chapin; and secretly recorded conversations between the president and his staff. The topics focused on were Watergate, the opening of China, and relations with the Soviet Union.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200507-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200507-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTGerald Ford Presidential LibraryThe eighth in a series on presidential libraries focused on Gerald R. Ford's life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts collected from the stacks and vaults of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Library officials guided a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film and sound featured during the program included audiotaped interviews with President Ford conducted by journalist and former Ford White House aide James Cannon from the late 1980s and into the mid-1990s; a filmed 1995 interview with President Ford by his White House photographer, David Hume Kennerly, in which President Ford tells the behind-the-scenes stories of photographs documenting his presidency; and the first-ever filmed tour of Camp David. President Ford opened the secretive site to cameras shortly after taking office. Featured documents and artifacts focused on the topics of Ford's pardon of Richard M. Nixon; the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon; the 1976 presidential campaign; the Ford and Reagan relationship; relations between Ford and Soviet leader Brezhnev; and the unique nature of the Ford presidency following the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered is a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200508-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200508-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTGeorge Bush Presidential LibraryThe eleventh in a series on presidential libraries focused on George H.W. Bush's life and career using rarely-seen materials housed at the library. Guests talked about the significance of Bush's presidency and the collection of film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts in the stacks and vaults of the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. Library officials conducted a tour of the library and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Series historian and consultant Richard Norton Smith participated from the studio in Washington, D.C.
Highlighted film, sound, documents, and artifacts featured during the show included an interview with the former president in his presidential library on November 8, 2007; never before televised appearances from the Gridiron Dinner featuring President Bush's humorous monologues from 1990, 1991 and 1992; letters and diaries from throughout his life and career; and some of the over 100 scrap books that Barbara Bush put together during their personal and public lives.
C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered was a 12-week series airing live on location from the 12 presidential libraries spanning Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200511-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/200511-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTReagan Library TourMrs. Reagan conducted a tour of the Reagan Presidential Library, highlighting important episodes of the Reagan presidency. She commented on several exhibits including those which focused on the assassination attempt on President Reagan's life, official gifts, her life as first lady, and Reagan's farewell letter revealing he suffered from Alzheimer's disease.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/153719-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/153719-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMTPresidential Libraries Series OverviewProducers described the making of the C-SPAN Presidential Library Series. They talked about various material housed at Library sites, research performed in preparation for the series, content available to the public on the Presidential Library Series website, and the focus of the series. Sharon Fawcett was interviewed on November 16, 2007 about the presidential library system and its relationship with the National Archives and Records Administration. She is the supervisor of all presidential libraries. Additionally several video clips not used in the series were shown, including an extended interview from November 8, 2007 with President George H.W. Bush on his museum.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/202484-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/202484-1Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT